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[|Sample 5E Lesson for Science Instruction in Middle and High Schools] =TAKS Support = =Science TAKS Information Booklets = =[|10th Grade] = =[|11th Grade] = **RUBIES ** RUBIES is a critical thinking based test taking strategy for the Science TAKS test. You may wish to take a look at our section on [|teaching critical thinking in the classroom] before you look through this section on the RUBIES TAKS strategy.  You can follow the links for more info on each step but, briefly, the letters in RUBIES stand for the following steps:  Want to see what RUBIES looks like in action? Click on **//[|RUBIES TAKS Strategy]//**!
 * R ** - [|Read and reread **//everything//**.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">
 * <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">U **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> - [|Underline the question.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">
 * <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> - [|Bracket the key words.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">
 * <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> - [|Identify the key concept or pattern.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">
 * <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">E **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- [|Eliminate the wrong answers.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">
 * <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">S **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> - [|Select the best answer.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">